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Embracing the Change by Kristen Ashley

Posted on September 10, 2024September 10, 2024 By Jenn

Book 6 in the River Rain series.

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Jamie and Nora are perfect for each other!

I really liked both Jamie and Nora and their relationship. This book does a fabulous job of allowing someone to move on to a new relationship after losing a spouse, but still is respectful of that late partner. It’s one of the few I’ve read where they didn’t try to either have that late partner be a ghost in the current relationship, or make that former one less than the current one. I really liked how that was balanced out here.

I also thought this author did a fabulous job of bringing in all the characters from the previous books in the series that we’ve met before and wanted more of. It was handled deftly, where the scenes and characters fit in naturally and I really enjoyed getting more of them.

Both Nora and Jamie were perfect for each other, but almost too perfect. I liked the angst in the beginning when they kiss and Nora is ready for more, but Jamie isn’t and hurts Nora’s feelings with his reaction to the kiss. But this is resolved before we even hit a third in and it felt like their romance was just a side part of the story from there on out. I still really enjoyed it, but would have liked a little more internal angst between them as they moved forward together.

I’m really enjoying this series and am hoping we get to see more – I’d especially love now to see Nico maybe get his own book! Embracing the Change was 3.5 stars for me.

Get the previous books in the series!
Amazon: ➜https://amzn.to/3BxTJom
Goodreads: ➜https://www.goodreads.com/series/286627-river-rain

Kristen Ashley is the New York Times bestselling author of over sixty romance novels including the Rock Chick, Colorado Mountain, Dream Man, Chaos, Unfinished Hero, The ’Burg, Magdalene, Fantasyland, The Three, Ghost and Reincarnation, Moonlight and Motor Oil and Honey series along with several standalone novels. She’s a hybrid author, publishing titles both independently and traditionally, her books have been translated in fourteen languages and she’s sold over three million books.

Kristen’s novel, Law Man, won the RT Book Reviews Reviewer’s Choice Award for best Romantic Suspense. Her independently published title Hold On was nominated for RT Book Reviews best Independent Contemporary Romance and her traditionally published title Breathe was nominated for best Contemporary Romance. Kristen’s titles Motorcycle Man, The Will, Ride Steady (which won the Reader’s Choice award from Romance Reviews) and The Hookup all made the final rounds for Goodreads Choice Awards in the Romance category.

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